Frans DE LAET, editor in chief of Babel. He is also awarded the titles of FIT honorary advisor, honorary professor of GSTI (Beijing Foreign Studies University), expert member of TAC (Translators Association of China) and WITTA. In 2008 he is elected Secretary General of FIT, the International Federation of Translators. For several years already, he also serves as foreign expert in the Translators of China (TAC) Teachers-to-Teachers’ Training programme as well as CIPG’s translation and interpreting workshops.
Franz Pöchhacker, professor of interpreting studies at the University of Vienna. He has worked as a conference and media interpreter and published articles and monographs on various domains of interpreting.